自杀式车门,是一种门铰放置在后方而不是前方[1],在马车时期已经存在的车门设计[2]。由于门铰放置在后方,如果车辆正在移动时门锁松脱,空气动力将迫使车门打开,驾驶员/乘客必须向前倾出车辆才能关闭车门。由于当时座位安全带尚未普遍使用,从车上掉下来的风险很高,因而得名[3][4]。此设计的优点是进出都比较容易[5],是以在二十一世纪又被少数豪华轿车重新采纳[6][7][8]

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